Lieutenant Colonel McLeod Wood is an Australian Armoured Corps Officer who is currently posted to the Headquarters Joint Operations Command (HQJOC). He has recently returned from a two-year posting to the United States of America where he studied with the US Army and multi-national partners. He has operational experience on three combat and one domestic deployment. He holds a Master of Arts in Military Operations, Master of Military Art and Science, Master of Project Management, a Master of Business, and a Bachelor of Arts. He is a distinguished graduate of both the US Army Command and General Staff College Art of War Scholars Program and the Advanced Military Studies Program (SAMS).